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Normanton Down Barrows
51.1700° N, -1.8300° E
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Normanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery, about 0.6 miles (1 km) south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The burials date from between 2600 and 1600 BC and consist of a Neolithic long barrow and some 40 or more Bronze Age round barrows, along the crest of a low ridge.
Historical Timeline
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Naming of Bush Barrow
1720s
Major excavation of Bush Barrow
1808
Hoare publication
1812
Scheduled monument designation
1925
Mortuary enclosure excavation
1959
World Heritage Site designation
1987
University of Birmingham studies
2007
English Heritage survey
2010
Construction and use
2600–1600 BC
Archaeological Features
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